Multipartite multifold-map.



H. W. PATTON. MULTIPARTITE MULTIFOLD MAR APPLICATION FILED AUG.17, 1911.

Patented Nov. 21, 1911.

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HERBERT W. PATTON, F INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

IVIULTIPARTITE MULTIFOLD-MAP.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 1'7, 1911.

Patented Nov. 2t, 1911..

Serial No. M4588.

would be cumbersome or awkward to hold,

especially when outdoors in windy weather, the invention having reference more particularly to maps that are especially adapted to be used in connection with motor guides, and which will enable tourists to have the benefit of large-scale maps while necessitating reference to a relatively small sheet of paper only that may contain the required information with respect to the particular portion of the country being traversed for the time being.

The object of the invention is to provide a map of a considerable portion of the country and on a sufficiently large scale that it may be easily read quickly and reliably, for

the above mentioned purposes, and which may be'made use of while riding in touring cars in the open air, and without being seriously interfered with by the air currents.

A further object is to provide a sectional folded map that will be so constructed or formed as to be adapted to be bound in book-form in association with descriptive matter, and which will be adapted to be frequently and conveniently referred to, and be durable and economical in use.

With the above mentioned and other objects in view, the invention comprises an improved map, comprising a pluralitv of parts composed of strips or sheets 'of paper, the

two opposite ends of all the sheets being bound together, each sheet being folded so as to form pages of convenient size for reference, each page being suitably designated as a different sectionof the map; and the invention consists further in the novel parts and combinations and arrangements of parts as hereinafter particularly described and claimed.

Referring tothe drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a road map and motor guide in which a number of the map parts are opened out to difl erent positions and illustrating the preferred manner of folding the parts; Fig. 2, a perspective view of the guide book and map in which the rearmostpart of the map is partially opened to illustrate the manner in which it is folded for convenient use; Fig. 3, a plan of the first part of the map; Fig. 4, a plan of the second part; Fig. 5, a plan of the third part; Fig. 6, a plan of a portion of the last part; Fig. 7, a plan of the remaining portion of the last part of the sectional map.

Similar reference characters in the different figures of the drawings indicate corresponding elements or features of construction herein referred to.

The improved map may in some cases be produced separately, but has enhanced value when used in connection with a book con-, taininginformation as to different routes, distances, etc., that might not be conveniently placed on the face of the map, and in the present case the book is illustrated which comprises two cover parts 1 and 2, back 3, leaves 4 and 5, 5 indicating the rearmost one, or last leaf of the book, all the leaves being bound together at the back 3, by means of staples 6, or otherwise as may be preferred.

The map may comprise any portion of the country desired, a portion of a map of the State of Indiana being illustrated in explanation of the invention. The map is contained on a suitable number of strips or sheets of paper termed parts, there being three parts shown containing the northern portions of the State map, and one part containing the most southern portion of the map. Each part contains so much of the map as may be convenient extending from north to south, and all of the map from east to west. The first part 7 contains the most northern portion of the map, the part 8 the next adjacent portion to the south, the part 9 the next adjacent portion south of the portion shown on the preceding part, the part 10 that portion of the State south of the portion shown on the part 9, and the part 11 contains the most southern portion of the map. Each sheet or part is very much longer horizontally, or along the lines of latitude than in the vertical direction, or along the lines of longitude. Each part is suitably printed on one side only of the sheet, and 'issuitably characterized to concountry.

stitute a map, there being two vertical lines 12 and 13, the shorter ends of the sheet to indicate the western and easternboundary lines of the State, except where the boundary is in a stream, the upper portion of the first part 7 having an approximately horizontal line 14 indicating the northern boundary line. Large lakes 15, and small lakes 15' are indicated, as are also streams 16, and the relatively large river 17 forming the southern boundary of the State. The portions of the map or the different parts include also the county boundary lines 18 and 19, county seats or large cities or towns 20, and smaller towns 21, and also the names 22 of the different counties, and obviously other information usually found in maps may be added. In the present case as fully constituting the map for the purpose intended, public highways 23 only are illustrated that may be used by automobiles to advantage in making tours from place to place through the Each part or sheet of the map is folded a suitable number of times so as to form pages of convenient size, preferably corresponding approximately to the size of a page of the book associated with the map, the imaginary lines on which the part or sheet is folded being indicated by approximately vertical lines 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, each portion between two of the lines being equal to a in the reverse direction.

page and termed section. The two nar; row ends of the strip have binding margins 29 and 30, respectively, in which are perforations 31 and 31 respectively, that receive the staples 6 when the sheets are bound together. Each sheet is folded on the line 26, being the median vertical line, so that the sheet is then doubled u on itself and is further folded in its doub ed form on the lines 25 and 27 in one direction and also on the lines 24 and 28 in the opposite direction, or in the same direction if desired, one of the folding lines being brought adjacent the bound ends of. the sheet, and as will be seen, the part may then be opened as a book and the different pages conveniently referred to, and it will be understood that if desired the sheet may be temporarily folded The first part is designated as Part 1, as at 32; the second part containing that portion of the map south of the first part, is designated as Part 2, as at 33; the next succeeding part is designated as Part 3, as at 34; the next succeeding part is designated as Part 4, as at 35; and the last or lowermost part is designated as Part 7 as at 36, the map being conveniently divided into 7 parts, the intermediate parts not ,bein illustrated. Each section of each partis dliferently designated, the first section at the left-hand side of the sheet preferably being designated as Section A or Sec. A, as at 37 at the upper edge of the sheet; the next section to the right being designated as Sec. 13; the remaining sections successively toward the right being designated as Sec. C, as at 39; Sec. D, as at 40; Sec. E, as at 41'; Sec. F, as at 42. Preferably at the lower edge of each sheet or part in each section the word Continued, or an abbreviation of the word is printed as at 43, thesaid word being followed by the word Part as at 44. On part 1 after each word Part at the lower edge of the sheet is printedthe numeral 2 as at 45, so as to direct a person to look for a continuation of the map on part2) At the lower edge of part 2 after each word Part is printed the numeral as at 46, and at the lower edge of part 3 after each word Part is printed numeral 4, so that the correlation of the parts of the map are established. As will be seen, there are no border lines at the upper or lower edges of the several parts of the map but the highways on the diflierent parts terminate near the edges of the sheets at a uniform distance from the edge of the sheet, so that in follow-ing the road or. any particular line ending near the edge of the sheet, by referring to the next adjacent sheet, the continuation of the ,road may readily be found}? In practical use the book containing the map is conveniently carried preferably in asuita'ble casing, and if the traveler is proceeding substantially eastward or westward it may be necessary to observe one part only 1 of the map, and if pfoceeding'northward or southward can conveniently refer to the adjacent parts, as occasion may require. The different sheets being doubled, it will be seen that when one page is referred to, in".

parts, each part being contained on a separate sheet and separately designated consecutively, eachv part sheet being folded over and the two opposite ends bound together and to the ends of adjacent sheets in consecutive order, each sheet being furthe folded to form sections corresponding to p v 2. A map composed of a plurality of parts, each being contained on a separate sheet and having highways indicated thereon that terminate abruptly near the edges of the sheet, the terminations of the highways on adjacently characterized parts being arranged oppositely, the different parts being differently designated consecutively,

each part sheet being folded over and the two "opposite ends bound together and to mo es? the ends of adjacent sheets in consecutive order, each sheet being further folded to form sections corresponding to pages.

3. A multipartite manifold map comprising a plurality of parts composed of printed sheets containing diderent map characterizations, each part sheet being folded over and two opposite ends thereof bound together and to'the ends of adjacent" sheets, eachpart being difl'erently and sequentially designated by markings thereon and the parts being sequentially arranged, each part sheet being further folded to form sections corresponding to pages with the backs of the HERBERT W. JPATTON.

Witnesses E. T. Smyrna, P. A: HAvnLron. 

